Life-saving suit.



Patented Jan. 15,1918.

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LIFE SAVING SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 1917.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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Application filed octoher 16, 191?.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, linsnrsmw GIEIIACKIE a citizen of Russia, residing at Avon, in the county of Hartford and State oi": Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Saving Suits. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new useful improvements in life saving suits.

Thepriinary object of the invention is the provision of a suit adapted to be worn by a person without 1nconvenience and provided with an inflatable ineans for maintaining the wearer in a floating position upon the Water, ready means being arranged for deflating the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a life preserver in the nature of a pneumatic life belt furnished with a plurality of air tight portions readily inflated when desired and easily and readily deflated simultaneously.

A still further object of the device is to provide a suit having an inflatable belt portion serving as a float and so arranged that a puncturing of one portion thereof will not cause a deflation of the remainder oi the float member.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the complete device.

Pig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a por- My invention broadly comprises an intlat able lite belt 10 having a plnraiity of compartmcnts ii, the said belt being adapted to be worn by a person, one inannerot attaching the belt to the person being herein iilustratcd in the form or? a suit 12 having legs 13, opposite body inclosing portions i i and securing straps or neck bands 15.

The belt 10 which is sewed into the suit it? at the waist line thereof consists of in- Speeitleation of Letters Patent.

ll atented Jan. filth serial 150. 196,905.

11 may he simultaneously inflated throughthe inlet valves 19 thereof. in outlet valve 21 is provided for each compartment ill opening into a metallic conducting pipe 22 tarnished with a plurality of vents or open ings Fiiinultaneous releasing means for the valves is provided in the form of a wire 2% shiftably longitudinally arranged within the pipe 22 and having a ball or shoulder 25positioned adjacent each of the valves 21. The free ends of the wire 9 pro ect outwardly of the pipe 22 being ranged with knobs or handles E26 and it? upon their free ends and whereby the wire 24 may be moved longitudinally in either direction desired.

The balls 25 are so arranged with respect to the plungers 28 oi the valves 21 as to he positionednormally out of contact with said plungers as shown in Fig. 5 of the 'lravvings W when the end of the wire 2-1 which is pro vidcd with the knob 26 is outwardly with drawn to its greatest extent, the wire 24 being at such times at the limit of its movement in one direction. Upon pulling the lrnob 21?". the wire 24 is shifted longitudinally for positioning the balls 25 within the adjacent soclreted ends 29 of the valve plungers 28 as illustrated in Fig. 6 and thereby simultaneously opening'all of the valves 93ft pet .7 all initting air to quickly escape from the COKE-- partrnents 11 into the pipe 22 and through the ports 23 to the atmosphere.

will be understood that the lrnohs and 2? prevent the free ends of the wire 24: entering the pipe as Well as servin readily moving the wire for releas valves 21 as described and also for pern'no ting the said valves to return to theirclosed positions upon pulling the knob A serviceable lite belt is arranged which may be attached to the person in any desired man ner and which will not become deflated upon being punctured at any single point, as the unpunctured compartments 11 will be main-- taincd inflated although air mav be re it released from all of the co 1 lid when desired by means of the lmolo 27. The

suit 12 maybe worn whenever desired and the belt 10 inflated and deflated Whenever found desirable.

What Lclaim as new is 1;. A life belt comprising an air-tight tube, transverse partitions Within the tube formingnon-communicating compartments, valved inflating means for said compartments, normally closed outlet valves individually arranged for the compartments, a pipe carried by the tube into which said outlet valves ex- I haust arranged with outlet ports, a wire lontu inal shifting of the wire gitudinally arranged shiftable Within the said pipe having outwardly projecting free ends, handles upon said ends exteriorly of the pipe, balls upon the wire adjacent the outlet valves adapted for opening reception ad'acent each of the said valves upon lo'ngi in one direction.

2. A life belt comprising an air-tight tube, transverse partitions within the tube formin non-communicating compartments, valv inflating means forsaid compartments, normally closed outlet valves individually arranged for the compartments, a pipe carried adjacent each of the said valves upon longi-- tudinal shifting of the wire in one direction, under the influence of one of sald knobs and adapted for release from said outlet valves under the influence of the other knob.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturel WLADYSLAW GIERACKL; 

